We review the enforcement of competition policy and the activities of Turkish Competition Authority during 1997-2000. Descriptive statistics are provided on the caseload handled, such as types of anti-competitive behavior investigated, breakdown of investigations by industry, violations found,...

Due to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) deadlocked multilateral trade negotiations, many countries have started to establish Free Trade Agreements (FTA). In this context, twelve countries including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the...

Due to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) deadlocked multilateral trade negotiations, many countries have started to establish Free Trade Agreements (FTA). In this context, the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) have decided to establish bilateral Transatlantic Trade and...

The failure to advance the multilateral trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was a disruption for the international trading system. Alternatively, many countries have commenced to establish bilateral and regional Free Trade Agreements (FTA). Among those agreements the...

This study explores the impact of the economic crisis on the agricultural sector of Turkey. The data used covers the period of 1980-2008. This study employs some agricultural macro variables namely, gross value added of the agricultural sector, quantity index of agricultural export and import...

Bağcılılık Türkiye’nin en önemli tarımsal alanların başında gelmektedir. Bağcılık Türkiye’de üreticinin geçimi için önemli bir rol oynamakla birlikte ülke ekonomisine de önemli katkılar sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada öncelikle dünyada ve Türkiye’de bağ...

Olive, which is one of the most important plants of Mediterranian countries, also forms one of the major agricultural fields in Turkey. Olive growing particularly plays a significant role in providing a living for producers in Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranian Regions as well as it provides...

Usage of diesel fuel increased in parallel with the increased usage of machines in the agricultural Sector in Turkey. Consequently, the cost of diesel fuel has taken a substantial share within the cost of agricultural products. The ongoing rising trend in diesel fuel prices forced subsidies for...

This study explores the impact of fluctuations in oil prices on Turkey's economy. The data used in this study covers the years from 1991 to 2008. Macro-economic variables used in this study are GNP, inflation, unemployment and the ratio of exports to imports. VAR model is used in estimating the...

In this research, firstly, the production of wheat, wheat flour, and, the situation of flour mill industry in the world and Turkey, were investigatited. The support policies which were applied to wheat in Turkey, the capacity for flour mill industry, production, import, export affair were...